Brain monitoring systems are used to measure the electrical or neuronal activity of the brain for various reasons such as to calculate bispectral index (depth of anesthesia); diagnosis and monitoring of neurological and brain disorders, sleep disorders, trauma injury; to monitor intracranial pressure and many other. These devices can be invasive or non-invasive and are also used to guide the brain surgeries and to check the health outcomes of treatment of brain disorders. These devices use either intracranial pressure and blood flow dynamics or electrical impulses as an indicator of brain activity, whereas interpretation of data from brain monitoring system relies on thorough knowledge of the clinician and technical aspects of methodology in use. Some of the examples of brain monitoring systems include intracranial pressure (ICP) monitors, electroencephalograph (EEG) monitors, oximeters, Transcranial Doppler sonography etc.

Increasing incidence of neurological and brain disorders is the major driver expected to fuel the global brain monitoring system market during the forecast period. According to World Health Organization findings neurological and cerebrovascular disorders respectively contributed to 2% and 4.3% of worldwide weight of illness in 2005. Technological advancement, increasing demand due to post-surgical cerebrovascular accidents, prevalence of trauma injury are some additional factors expected to drive the growth of global brain monitoring devices market. However, high cost of devices will always remain as a restraint for the growth of global brain monitoring systems market.

Brain Monitoring System Market: Overview

EEG segment is expected to hold a greater share in global brain monitoring system market as it is used as a first-line diagnostic test for tumors, stroke and other focal disorders of a brain. Increasing number of FDA approvals and expanding R&D expenditure by the innovator companies are expected to expand the market volume of global brain monitoring system market. Several investigational devices for brain monitoring such as NeMo Probe, NeuroSENSE are expected to launch in the market during the forecast period.

Brain Monitoring System Market: Regional Overview

Geographically, the global brain monitoring system market is classified into regions namely, North America, Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia-Pacific, Japan, Middle East and Africa. North America is anticipated to contribute for the larger share in global brain monitoring system market owing to increasing aging population and high level of awareness. Western Europe market is expected grow moderately due to saturation in technology.